Includes Posts on Justice and Subcategories
Celebrate our Independence
USA Independence Day is a celebration of America’s separation from Britain. Typically it is a celebration of freedom. Os Guiness claims in his book Last Call for Liberty, Great Britain considered themselves free. In contrast with the other European nations they were. The United States were the free of the free. We took liberty to…
Justice: Healing Wrong v2
I first published this post over a year ago. Given the current climate I believe it is good to republish with some edits. The common view of justice is one of punishment. Someone does wrong and they receive a ‘just reward’ for their wrong deeds. This is, at best, an incomplete and warped view of…
Church and Politics: Live the Gospel
Love is the primary motivation for the church’s involvement in politics. The primary act of love is living out the gospel. Everything else falls under the category of wisdom and stewardship. The key component is that the gospel must be lived. Os Guiness articulates living the gospel in a very scholarly approach in his…